Marc Winokur » Board of Directors

OCR's Board of Directors

The Colorado Supreme Court appoints the nine-member child’s representative board (Board) in accordance with the requirements and qualifications found in Colorado Revised Statutes § 13-91-104(2). The Board must consist of three attorneys, three advocates for children in the court system, and three citizens. There must be no more than five members of one political party and six of the seven congressional districts must be represented on the Board. The Board serves without compensation and works cooperatively with OCR’s Executive Director to provide fiscal oversight, participate in policy and funding decisions, and assist in GAL and CASA training, as needed. The diverse and experienced Board represents all seven congressional districts and has a balance of Republican and Democratic members.

MarcWinokur

Biographical Info

Dem. | Second Congressional District | Advocate

Marc Winokur, Ph.D., has been the Director of the Social Work Research Center of Colorado State University since 2004. Dr. Winokur received his Ph.D. in Education and Human Resources Studies with a specialization in Research Methods and Program Evaluation and has nine years of applied research and program evaluation experience in child welfare. He has conducted studies on differential response, kinship care, foster care, residential placements, adoption, family preservation, family treatment drug courts and juvenile sexual offender treatment. His additional research interests include family engagement practices, trauma screening, assessment and interventions and safety and risk assessment in child welfare. Dr. Winokur is a widely respected expert who advocates for children in the court system through the establishment of best practices in child welfare. His research is utilized nationally in child welfare cases.

Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative

Our Mission

The mission of the OCR is to provide competent and effective legal representation to Colorado’s children involved in the court system because they have been abused and neglected, impacted by high conflict parenting time disputes, or charged with...